Well, I have been playing with the idea of my own little publishing scheme. Maybe this is the shove I needed. Thx for the input guys.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:22 PM, John H Bergman (XPedient) <john.berg...@xpdnt.com> wrote: > Or, you could add an activity (and configuration point) that copies the > desired files from the drop location to a new location for publishing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Buchan [mailto:james.buc...@tribalgroup.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:07 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] TFS 2013 -- new default build template and WiX > > Hi, > There are 2 ways I'm aware of that you can do this. I haven't looked > at the default build workflow template for a while so can't remember exactly > what needs to be replaced, but these should point you in the right direction. > > 1 - Create a new build task to do the rename (relocate) the files for you (I > do more than the example below in my action, this means for each build that > uses my template I need to add additional code to my action, but it's a small > overhead I can handle). > > namespace BuildTasks.Activities > { > public sealed class RenameMSI : CodeActivity > { > public InArgument<string> OutDir { get; set; } > public InArgument<string> DropDir { get; set; } > > protected override void Execute(CodeActivityContext context) > { > string outDir = context.GetValue(this.OutDir); > string dropDir = context.GetValue(this.DropDir); > > File.Copy(outDir + "\\MSIName.msi", dropDir + "\\ MSIName.msi"); > } > } > } > > 2 - If you're less comfortable with writing your own build tasks, you can use > some of the included tasks (with a bit of configuration) to do something > similar. > I used the following link when I first started messing with build templates, > to reduce the amount of stuff that appears in my drop folder (see from step > 12) > http://geekswithblogs.net/jakob/archive/2010/05/14/building-visual-studio-setup-projects-with-tfs-2010-team-build.aspx > > James > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the > definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by > three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. > Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Rune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
